Prime Minister David Cameron and his wife Samantha gave a box-set of Roal Dahl books including George’s Marvelous Medicine, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Mathilda.

Labour leader Ed Miliband sent the baby a three-year-old apple tree which is a traditional gift for a first-born son.

The tree was sourced from local community groups including the residents association of the Brent Eleven Streets and the London Orchard Project.

The Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg and his wife Miriam sent William and Kate a bag of coffee alluding to the numerous sleepless nights the new parents will face in the following months and a hand-embroided blanket created by nuns in Miriam's village in Spain.